HORROR Double Bill: Satanico pandemonium + embrujadaFilm clubs Cinema Mentiré and Category H present a spooky and horny night with two gems of Latin American sexplotation
Satanico Pandemonium and Embrujada
1 November 2025 | RIO Cinema, One Pool Street
London based flim clubs Cinema Mentiré x Category H, join for the first time to present a double bill for this Halloween weekend, with two spooky, voracious and lusty gems of Latin American cinema at the Rio Cinema.
1 November October 2025 | 9 PM
SATANICO PANDEMONIUM
Dir. Gilberto Martínez Solares, Mexico, 1975, 87min.
Sergio works as a mere employee at his rich uncle’s bank, leading a wasteful life in nightclubs and dating the sophisticated starlet Margot. Greedy and unhappy with this situation, he joins a trio of burglars to rob wealthy homes, later becoming the gang’s leader.
Road to Crime stands out as the one-of-a-kind noir entry into Brazilian cinema, which makes this notable work even more special with its tale of inferiority complex, pettiness and ambition that leads to criminality and consequent decay. Produced by Vera Cruz Cinema Company, an attempt to copy the Hollywood studio system in the burgeoning São Paulo as the upcoming biggest and richest city in South America, the film displays the faster growth of the metropolis at its time on several skyscrapers under construction, including the iconic final scene.
This was also the first film by Flamínio Bollini, an incredibly young theatre director from Italy, who was joined by fellow countryman screenwriter Fábio Carpi (a future Dino Risi collaborator) and the accomplished British cinematographer Chick Fowle in this Brazilian cinema landmark.
1 November October 2025 | 11 PM
EMBRUJADA
Dir. Armando Bó, Argentina, 1976, 79min.
Sergio works as a mere employee at his rich uncle’s bank, leading a wasteful life in nightclubs and dating the sophisticated starlet Margot. Greedy and unhappy with this situation, he joins a trio of burglars to rob wealthy homes, later becoming the gang’s leader.
Road to Crime stands out as the one-of-a-kind noir entry into Brazilian cinema, which makes this notable work even more special with its tale of inferiority complex, pettiness and ambition that leads to criminality and consequent decay. Produced by Vera Cruz Cinema Company, an attempt to copy the Hollywood studio system in the burgeoning São Paulo as the upcoming biggest and richest city in South America, the film displays the faster growth of the metropolis at its time on several skyscrapers under construction, including the iconic final scene.
This was also the first film by Flamínio Bollini, an incredibly young theatre director from Italy, who was joined by fellow countryman screenwriter Fábio Carpi (a future Dino Risi collaborator) and the accomplished British cinematographer Chick Fowle in this Brazilian cinema landmark.
1 November October 2025 | 11 PM
EMBRUJADA
Dir. Armando Bó, Argentina, 1976, 79min.
Sergio works as a mere employee at his rich uncle’s bank, leading a wasteful life in nightclubs and dating the sophisticated starlet Margot. Greedy and unhappy with this situation, he joins a trio of burglars to rob wealthy homes, later becoming the gang’s leader.
Road to Crime stands out as the one-of-a-kind noir entry into Brazilian cinema, which makes this notable work even more special with its tale of inferiority complex, pettiness and ambition that leads to criminality and consequent decay. Produced by Vera Cruz Cinema Company, an attempt to copy the Hollywood studio system in the burgeoning São Paulo as the upcoming biggest and richest city in South America, the film displays the faster growth of the metropolis at its time on several skyscrapers under construction, including the iconic final scene.
This was also the first film by Flamínio Bollini, an incredibly young theatre director from Italy, who was joined by fellow countryman screenwriter Fábio Carpi (a future Dino Risi collaborator) and the accomplished British cinematographer Chick Fowle in this Brazilian cinema landmark.
